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MICHAEL PAYTON, PRESIDENT

Michael Payton is the Operations Manager for The Data Vault in Louisville, KY. The Data Vault was founded in 1984 and offers a full range of records and information management services including data protection, hard copy records storage, document scanning, destruction and consulting services. Michael has been in the RIM industry for 14 years and is currently responsible for The Data Vault’s day-to-day service functions as well as assisting with the sales and marketing activities. Michael has a BA in Business Management with a focus on Human Resources and a minor in Industrial Technology from Western Kentucky University. In addition to his role at The Data Vault, Michael serves on the Board of Directors for DPA and PRISM International, as well as NAID’s CSDS Board of Regents and Conference Committee.

CHRIS KELLEY, SECRETARY

Chris Kelley is the CEOfor COR365 Information Solutions, a division of Twin City Warehouse, Inc., headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC. Kelley’s over three decades in the records and information management industry includes 25 years with COR365. Under his leadership, COR365 has grown to become one of the industry’s largest privately-owned records management companies. Kelley is also recognized as a records and information-management expert on a national level. He serves on the boards of PRISM, NRC and DPA.. He is an active member of ARMA, NAID, and AIIM, for which he served on the Executive Service Bureau Forum Conference Committee from 2009 through 2012. In the community, Kelley and COR365 support organizations including the United Way and Hospice. He currently serves on the Board of several 501-C3 organizations including Campus Christian Fellowship at Appalachian State University, Encouragement Café and Christian Partnership of African Missions.

KEN SCHNEIDER, TREASURER

Ken Schneider is the Chief Executive Officer at Turtle Case from Perm-A-Store. Ken has been running Perm-A-Store since 2004 and brings 25 years of management, product management, marketing, IT and technical service experience in world leading manufacturing, financial services and retail companies. Prior to Perm-A-Store, he was director of business intelligence at Best Buy, vice president of product management at GE Capital and a held a variety of technical and marketing positions at 3M. Mr. Schneider has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University and an MBA from the University of St Thomas.

CHRIS GODINICH, DIRECTOR

​Chris’s 20 years of corporate experience with Huntsman Corporation and Texaco has given him a broad array of management skills, from 6-Sigma process development for business operations, to managing growth through mergers and acquisitions to executive responsibilities managing global businesses. At VeriTrust, Chris focuses on human and capital deployment for continual process and operational improvements supporting quality systems for the protection of client assets and the achievement of deep customer satisfaction. Chris also works to increase operational efficiencies enabling VeriTrust to provide high quality solutions at a value for clients. Chris graduated from Rice University (B. S. in Materials Science and Engineering) and has completed graduate management programs at Columbia University. Chris and VeriTrust were founding members of the DPA and have broad involvement in industry organizations.

TOM DUMEZ, DIRECTOR

Tom worked in the RIM industry from 2000 until late 2012 at a full service records management company based in Grand Rapids, MI. He is a Certified HIPAA Professional and a Certified Security Compliance Specialist. Tom's focus is compliance with local, state, and federal regulations through policies, procedures, employee handbooks, risk assessments, documentation, contracts and agreements, and planning and implementing compliance solutions. He also provides consulting services to other RIM companies and their clients to help them regarding compliance matters. Since 2009, Tom has been both marketing and performing an employee HIPAA training program that was created specifically for the RIM industry, and includes scanning and information destruction companies. Tom has traveled internationally as a guest speaker and as a trainer, also presenting many educational sessions for PRISM International, ARMA, NAID and AITP. In 2012, Tom founded Prime Compliance, LLC. As it's President, Tom continues to provide a 'real world' educational opportunity to your employees. He is passionate about teaching people how to lower risks.

STEVE RICHARDS, DIRECTOR

Steve started Richards & Richards in Nashville in 1987 and serves as the President and CEO. Steve is the immediate Past President of NAID – the National Association of Information Destruction, an international organization made up of companies in the shredding and destruction business. He on the Board of Directors of the Data Protection Association an international organization that represents and works with companies in the off-site data protection business – and industry for those who manage server backup tape. Steve’s company, Richards & Richards, was previously chosen as the Small Business of the Year in Nashville. They were a Future 50 Company, twice, designating Richards & Richards as one of the fastest growing local companies. Richards & Richards was previously chosen by Inc Magazine as one of the INC 500, designating Richards & Richards as one of the fastest growing, privately owned corporations in the United States. Last year, the Nashville Better Business Bureau chose Richards & Richards as the winner of the Torch Award, celebrating Richards & Richards consistently exceeding marketplace standards for ethics in their relationships with customers, employees, suppliers, industry peers and the Nashville community.